Textile-fiber netting.



H. B. E I. P. GREGORY.

TEXTILE FIBER NETTING.

APELIOATION FILED JUNE 25, 1912. 1,077,959.

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H. B. & IjF. GREGORY.

TEXTILE FIBER NETTING.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 25, 1912.

Patented Nov. 4, 1913.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HORACE E. GREGORY AND IRENE E. GREGORY, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, AssreNoRs, BY DIRECT AND ivIEsNE ASSIGNMENTS, OE Two-THInDs ro J. HARRY WILLIAMS AND ONE-THIRD To JOHN T. WTLLIAMS, BOTH 0E BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

TEXTILE-,FIBER NETTING.

Specification of Iietters Patent.

' Patented Nov. 4, 1913.

" Application inea June 25, 1912. serial No. 705,838.

To @ZZ eli/10m, t may concern Y Be it known that we, I-IORAOE B. GREGORY and IRENE F. GREGORY, citizens of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have inf vented new and useful Improvements in Textile-Fiber Netting, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to textile fabric nettings.

The object of the invention is to provide a netting which may be manufactured from knit strands, such as soft finished tape, whereby a net which is light, strong, durable, adapted to preserve its shape, and which possesses other desirable characteristics may be produced.

In the accompanying drawing illustrating the invention,-Figure 1 is a side view of a laundry bag constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the bag. Fig. 3 is a plan view showing the body of the netting as it appears prior to being doubled into bag form. Fig. 4 is a view illustrating the manner of uniting the longitudinal edges of the bag body by the lacing strands.

In carrying our invention into practice, we first take a strip of tape 1 and extend the same back and forth in a zigzag manner so as to produce a series of parallel body strands 2, which are connected by marginal loops 3. We then extend at regular intervals and in parallel relation across the strands 2 a series of superposed pairs of connecting strands 4, the strands of each pair being brought to lie against Opposite sides of the strands 2 and secured to each other and to said strands 2 by longitudinal rows of stitching 5. By this method of arranging and connecting the strands a net fabric of the desired mesh is produced which may be readily, conveniently and inexpensively made from soft finished knit tape. The ends of the strands are secured to the body of the material or to suitable binders, according to the form in which the net is to be made and use to which it is to be put.

In the present instance, we have shown the mode of employing the netting in the manufacture of a laundry bag 6. production of such an article from ak netting manufactured as described, the body of the In the n netting, which is of suitable length and width, is folded or doubled upon itself, as illustrated in Fig. 3. The looped ends 3 of the strands at the opposite margins of the f folded portions -of the netting are thus brought into juxtaposition, and for the purpose of uniting vthese looped ends to complete the production of the bag, lacing strands 7 are employed. Each of these strands is secured at one end, by sewing or otherwise, to the doubled portion of the netting and is then threaded through the loops 3 to form bights 8, through which the lacing strand is threaded to tie the marginal edges of the netting body together, thus forming the bag or similar receptacle. The free marginal edges of the strands 4, the uppermost strand 2 and the free upper eX- tremities of the lacing strand 7 are united by a binder strip 9, preferably composed of ordinary wicking, and which thus constitutes the reinforcing mouth of the bag. For the purpose of closing the mouth of the bag to retain the clothes therein, a fastening strap 1l, also preferably of wicking, may be employed. This strap is sewed adjacent one end to the bag and provided at suoli end with a buckle 12, and the opposite or free end 13 of the strap is provided with eyelets 14 for adjustable engagement with the tongue of the buckle, the eyelets reinforcing the strap so as to prevent the same from being torn or raveled.

By the method of construction described, braid or tape of the character disclosed may be used with advantage in the production of mesh fabrics or nettings, as such fabrics or nettings will be strong, durable and highly flexible, and yet may be washed or subjected to the action of water without shrinking or losing their shape. The construction described obviates the necessity of employing hard finished threads, cords or twines necessarily composed of twisted fibers, in the weaving of which such threads, cords or twines must be twisted about each other. Strands so yconnected become loose and are weakened or injured under strain, and where the strands are knotted together further weaknesses occur. n

Our construction of netting permits of the manufacture of bags and the like', the bodies of which may be made of a single piece of material folded aS. described.

The invention will be found of great value in the production of bags for holding laundry or clothes tobe washed, in that the porous nature of the fabric permits the Washing solution to thoroughly permeate the clothes, While also enabling the bleaching and acids used in the process of Washing to be much more thoroughly and readily rinsed therefrom than from any other type of woven material, so that the net Will retain its pliability and durability. It Will,

may be employed in the manufacture of Various articles, suoli as shopping bags, ham- Q mocks, seines, tennis nets, etc., and hence We do not limit its mode of use.

We claim As a new and improved article of manufacture, a network fabric consisting of a vsingle continuous pliable, soft-finished knitcommonplane, rows of similar parallel braids arrangedcrosswise of said strands and in registering relation upon opposite sides of the same in pairs, and lines of stitching connecting Vthe braids of each pair With f each other and With said parallel strands. of course, be understood that the netting In testimony whereof We aHX our signatures in presence of two Witnesses.

HORACE B. GREGORY. IRENE F. GREGORY. lVtnesses:

WINIFRED MCNAMARA, WILLIAM J. DRIVER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for fiveV centsl each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

